Christian reminiscences? Water and death in the writing of Émile Verhaeren, Maurice Maeterlinck, and Jean Louvet Cover Image

Eau et mort chez Émile Verhaeren, Maurice Maeterlinck et Jean Louvet : des réminiscences chrétiennes ?
Christian reminiscences? Water and death in the writing of Émile Verhaeren, Maurice Maeterlinck, and Jean Louvet

Author(s): Vincent Radermecker
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: water; death; Christianity; religious; sea;

Summary/Abstract: The Seven Princesses by Maurice Maeterlinck, Body white of men of the shade by Jean Louvet and Towards the sea by Émile Verhaeren match « water » and « death ». In a gradation towards more hope of defeating disappearance. These three authors disowned the Christianity which they knew when they were a child. An attentive reading of texts discovers in them however Christian recollections, more or less conscious, more or less assumed.

  • Issue Year: 42/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 18-34
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: French